1 Peso


Silver (.900) (Copper .100)	26.7 g	38.0 mm

Description

Issuer	Dominican Republic › Dominican Republic (1844-date)
Period	Third Republic (1922-1965)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1939-1952
Value	1 Peso 1 DOP = USD 0.017
Currency	Peso oro (1937-date)
Composition	Silver (.900) (Copper .100)
Weight	26.7 g
Diameter	38.0 mm
Thickness	3.0 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Updated	2024-10-04

References

Numista	N#33153
Rarity index	46%

Reverse

Denomination, weight, year of issue, head of Indian woman ("Liberty") facing left

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UN PESO
26.7 GRAMOS

Translation:
One peso
26.7 grams (weight)

Engraver: Thomas Humphrey Paget

Edge

Reeded

Comment

In 1937-1947 there were no banknotes nominated in Dominican pesos. US dollars were in circulation (since 1905), and local coins were circulating at par with US coins like in Panama and Ecuador in our days. The coins had weights, diameters, and composition identical to those of US coins of that period.

Silver coins of the Dominican Republic were not officially demonetized, but they disappeared from circulation already in the 1970s because of inflation.

Only the 1939 issue was minted at the Philadelphia Mint.

Interesting fact

One interesting fact about the 1939-1952 Dominican Republic 1 Peso coin is that it was minted during the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, who ruled the country from 1930 until his assassination in 1961. Trujillo's regime was marked by authoritarianism, corruption, and human rights abuses, and the coin's production during this time period reflects the economic and political policies of the regime.